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This is a demography of the population of Sri Lanka including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the population, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, also called Ceylon and many other names. It is about the size of Ireland.
Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people and an annual population growth rate of 0.5%. The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, and the death rate is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people. [271] Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka, especially in and around the capital.
The current population of Sri Lanka is 23,152,415 as of Wednesday, November 20, 2024, based on Worldometer's elaboration of the latest United Nations data 1. Sri Lanka 2024 population is estimated at 23,103,565 people at mid year.
Currently, 17.9 % of the population of Sri Lanka is urban (4,137,016 people in 2024) Population Density The 2024 population density in Sri Lanka is 368 people per Km 2 (954 people per mi 2 ), calculated on a total land area of 62,710 Km2 (24,212 sq. miles).
2 dni temu · Sri Lanka Population 2024 (Live) At the end of 2020, the Sri Lanka population is expected to reach 21.41 million people. Current projections show that the population will reach its peak around 2037 at 22.19 million people, after which the population will begin declining.
The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka.
Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka: Sinhalese 74.9 percent, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2 percent, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2 percent, Indian Tamil 4.2 percent, other 0.5 percent (2012 estimate). According to 2002 data, the Sinhalese made up 74 percent of the total population, followed by Tamils (both Sri Lankan and Indian) at 18 percent and Sri Lankan Moors, 7 percent.
